Pocket Book of Labour Statistics 2008

1 POPULATION AND LABOUR FORCE

1.1 Distribution of Population by States/U.Ts

(2001 census)

State/Union Territory

Population (‘000)

 

6447448

Percentage  of workers in total population

 

Rural

Urban

 

1

2

3

4

INDIA+

742618

286119

39.1

Andhra Pradesh

55401

20809

45.8

Arunachal Pradesh

870

228

44.0

Assam

23216

3439

35.8

Bihar

74317

8682

33.7

Chhattisgarh

16648

4186

46.5

Goa

677

670

38.8

Gujarat

31741

18930

41.9

Haryana

15029

6115

39.6

Himachal Pradesh

5482

596

49.2

Jammu & Kashmir

7627

2517

37.0

Jharkhand

20952

5994

37.5

Karnataka

34889

17961

44.5

Kerala

23574

8267

32.3

Madhya Pradesh

44381

15967

42.7

Maharashtra

55778

41101

42.5

Manipur +

1718

576

43.6

Meghalaya

1865

454

41.8

Mizoram

448

441

52.6

Nagaland

1647

343

42.6

Orissa

31287

5517

38.8

Punjab

16096

8263

37.5

Rajasthan

43293

13214

42.1

Sikkim

481

60

48.6

Tamil Nadu

34922

27484

44.7

Tripura

2654

546

36.2

Uttranchal

6310

2179

36.9

Uttar Pradesh

131658

34540

32.5

West Bengal

57749

22427

36.8

Union Territories

 

 

 

A & N Islands

240

116

38.3

Chandigarh

92

808

37.8

NCT  Delhi

945

12906

32.8

D & N Haveli

170

50

51.8

Daman & Diu

101

57

46.0

Lakshadweep

34

27

25.3

Pondicherry

326

649

35.2

                                   Source : Registrar General of India

+ Includes the estimated figures of Mao Maram, Paomata and Pural Sub-divisions

of Senapati district in India and State Manipur. As the Census results for the above

 mentioned Sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur State were cancelled due to

administrative and technical reasons although a population Census was carried out in

ese Sub-division as per schedule